| Country Sanitation coverage 2002 (%) | |
|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 6 |
| Afghanistan | 8 |
| Chad | 8 |
| Congo | 9 |
| Eritrea | 9 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 |
| Niger | 12 |
| Guinea | 13 |
| Cambodia | 16 |
| Comoros | 23 |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 24 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 24 |
| Somalia | 25 |
| Liberia | 26 |
| Central African Republic | 27 |
| Mozambique | 27 |
| Nepal | 27 |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 28 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 29 |
| Angola | 30 |
| India | 30 |
| Namibia | 30 |
| Yemen | 30 |
| Solomon Islands | 31 |
| Benin | 32 |
| Madagascar | 33 |
| Timor-Leste | 33 |
Global sanitation coverage rose from 49 per cent in 1990 to 58 per cent in 2002. Still, some 2.6 billion people – half of the developing world – live without improved sanitation. Sanitation coverage in developing countries (49 per cent) is only half that of the developed world (98 per cent).
Though major progress was made in South Asia from 1990 to 2002, little more than a third of its population are currently using improved sanitation. In sub-Saharan Africa as well, coverage is a mere 36 per cent.
Over half of those without improved sanitation – nearly 1.5 billion people – live in China and India.
©UNICEF/HQ93-0781/Cindy Andrew
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